This is our society's blog. Here we will share articles of interest about our society projects, genealogical information about Stanislaus County, and more. For more information about our society and membership, please visit our website at http://www.stanislausgenealogy.org

Everyone has a story to tell. What’s yours? ................. Only you know your story, so write it down and pass it on. This program will help you start your own story, your legacy to your family. In this program you will learn different means to tell your personal story and how to also do your ancestral story. The thing is to get things down so it can be preserved for your family and the future.

Our previous Research Trip to Oakland, California's LDS Research Library this summer was a great success! Many of our members were able to break down major brick walls with the information they gained. We hope to keep these research trips coming for our members. Guests and Non Members are always welcome to attend, so please help us spread the word to anyone that may be interested in attending a trip to Sacramento.

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

I just wanted to make a note that I apologize there was no August posting. I've been struggling with computer problems. Thanks to Kathy Marshall for coming to speak for us! She is a very much loved and appreciated Guest Speaker for our Society. If anyone did not get the handout, please email me at poto4everhp@gmail.com and I will gladly send it your way.

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF STANISLAUS COUNTY

GENERAL MEETING

Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 7:00 P.M.

TRINITY UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

TELLE CENTER

1600 CARVER ROAD MODESTO, CA 95350

Jennifer
McDonald, First Vice President of The Genealogical Society of Stanislaus
County, former Director, and heads of various Committees will be our Guest
Speaker at our September 20, 2016 General Meeting. Jennifer has been doing
Genealogy for five years now, and has located over 300 of her relatives. Her
specialty within the Genealogy field has been in Descendancy Research, which
has led her to many great discoveries from prized family photos to unlocking
key Genealogy Brick Walls. Within her research and contacting family members,
she has also had a hand in reuniting several families. Two of her most famous
mentors have been Troy and Katie Dunn from the television shows The Locator and
Last Hope. She credits The Genealogical Society for the knowledge she has
gained from various members within our Society over the past three years.

Thursday, June 23, 2016

July 5, 2016 through July 28, 2016 the El Vista Family History Library will be CLOSED.

If
you will be in need of research assistance, please be sure to visit our
Special Collections Room at Modesto Library downtown every Monday from
10:00A.M. until 3:00P.M. If you cannot make it to one of those times,
please contact Marilyn Belleville at (209) 523-8963 or email her at
m.belleville@att.net.

July
5th - Our Oakland FHL Day Trip will be hosted by the Genealogical
Society. Cost is $40. Please contact Cleda Lane at 209-577-2289 to
register.

Please
also note that we will be taking a break in July. There will be no
Board Meeting or General Meeting this month. See you all back August 16,
2016 for our Guest Speaker, Kathy Marshall on Immigration and
Emigration Records. More details to come soon.

October 1, 2016 - Registration opens for 2017 Salt Lake City Research Trip.

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Do not forget the Ice Cream Social at 6:00P.M. Come early and join us!

Genealogical Society of Stanislaus County Resources

TRINITY UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

TELLE CENTER

1600 CARVER ROAD MODESTO, CA 95350

Are you a member of the Genealogical Society of Stanislaus County? Have you asked yourself what resources our Society has for your use? First Vice President Jennifer McDonald, along with other members of our Society will give you a broader knowledge of various resources our Society has available to you, our members. We hope you will walk away with the knowledge that we are here to support and assist you in your genealogy endeavors.

Sunday, May 1, 2016

The Oakland (California) Regional Family History Center is one of the largest and most accessible centers for genealogical research in California, with over 9,000 volumes of books, periodicals, family histories, city and county histories, city directories, plus over 37,000 reels of microfilm and 9,000 microfiche containing millions of local vital records and historical census data from all over the world.

If you would like to register, please contact Cleda Lane at 209-577-2289.

There is no cost for entrance into the Family History Center.

Please stay posted for more details on the price for transportation to and from the Library, which will be included as per your trip registration with The Stanislaus County Genealogical Society.

The Oakland, California Family History Center's website is www.fhcoakland.org

Unique Resources:

The Oakland California Family History Center has several resources of local interest. These resources include the following:

* Alameda County Obituary Card File 1985-2002 - An alphabetical card file containing more than 35,000 obituaries clipped from Alameda County newspapers (95 % from the "Alameda Times Star")

*California Mission Records - Microfilmed copies of original mission records dating from the 1770s to the early 1900s

Have you ever asked yourself how to preserve the various
Genealogical documents, photographs, and other items we have collected
in our research? Or even how and what to save? Beverly Graham, a member
of GSSC and past President, will be giving us a broader knowledge of how
to archive and preserve our documents, photographs, and many other
Genealogical finds with a wonderful product, Archival Mist.

About Us

Purpose of the Society

To bring together people with a mutual interest in genealogical research.

To inform, instruct and educate members in the techniques of research.

To increase the genealogical holdings of the Special Collections Room at the Stanislaus County Free Public Library and acquire other materials for community use in the form of reference books, microfiche and microfilms.

Meetings

Meetings are held the third Tuesday of every month, except for the months of July and December.